How to Find Standard Data

1. Definition

Standard is a technical specification. It is formulated and approved by governmental institution, providing the documents of the common and reusing products or their related rules of the service procedure. By using the standard data, it can simplify the production, reduce the cost, and improve the consistency and reliability of the product.

People can use CNS to search related standard names. Teachers and students in our school can enter the interface of electronic database to connect CNS, then searching and downloading the standard full-text. It can serve seven people at the same time.

Account number: c00n23s7 Code: c00n23s7

3. Foreign Standard

Our school collections

(1) Paper collections: you can use school collections and type “standard” as the keyword to search. Then, you can know whether our library has related standard data or not.

(2) Our library has bought some electronic databases as follows. Teachers and students in our school can enter the interface of electronic databases to connect them. Then they can search and download the full-text gratuitously

ASTM is an international organization of standard formulation. It formulates the standards of materials and products. It collects the index and the full-text of the passing standard. Its topics include metals, petroleum, nuclear power, service, etc.

IEEE standard association is an international institution of standard formulation. It covers many spheres, such as information technology, communication, electricity, source power, etc.

4. How to Get Data that Our Library Do not Have?

(1) Buy from Specific Units

You can buy the data from Bureau of Standards, Metrology & Inspection (BSMI). It has signed the authorized agreement with six foreign standard organizations (AS、ASTM、BSI、DIN、ISO、UL). The public only have to pay the royalties, and then they can photocopy the full-text data legally.

You can use the website of BSMIto check whether it has authorized or not. The search process: (1) click the standard bibliography to search (2) key in the standard number and choose the standard organization (3) click the search button (4) choose the standard number. Then fill in this application and send to: Fax: (02) 2343-1986、(02) 3343-5173、email: infocenter@bsmi.gov.tw or call (02)2343-1979 / 2343-1980, the attendant will return the quotation to you.

(2) Consult IHS Standards Store of EV2 database: You may use the foreign free searching interface - IHS Standards Store. It not only can search numbers and titles of related standards, but also provides the full-text service of online shopping.